Is netshell.dll safe or is this task spyware?



Purpose of netshell.dll:









File purpose and description:

NETSHELL.dll is a file that may have been installed on your computer by yourself, and may have also arrived on your computer without you installing anything. The exact disk location is also listed below. This DLL module is called the Network Connections Shell, or "netshell" for short. This file is considered safe and is not considered to be adware related or spyware related. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)

Actual file or task name:
netshell.dll

File type:
This is a DLL program.

File or folder location:
This program is currently located at WINNT\system32\NETSHELL.dll It is most likely found on Winnt computers.


General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes. You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows "task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files on your computer, for example, netshell.dll may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned. You can always find the location of netshell.dll on your computer by using your Windows search options, but I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.

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